Support With Juno PMHS Edinburgh

Looking after our mental health is sometimes a taboo subject but there is help available with Juno PMHS Edinburgh!

Juno Perinatal Mental Health Support was created in February 2015 by a group of Edinburgh mums who have all experienced perinatal mental issues in one form or another. They created Juno PMHS so that other mums or mums-to-be could have access to support that was readily available and also personable.

They do this through their weekly support groups, befriending service and also subsidised counselling service.

Juno PMHS states...

"Our main aim is to help mums with perinatal mental health difficulties realise that they are not alone in how they feel and what they feel is indeed a very real illness. It is very common to think 'why me?' 'why can everyone else cope?' 'will I ever feel normal again?' 'it’s not supposed to feel like this…is it?' We all have personal experience of these feelings of isolation/despair and the devastating impact it can have on the whole family. Juno is here to reassure mums and mums-to-be that there is light at the end of what appears to be a very long, dark tunnel and with the right support you can, and will, get better."

This support takes place in a relaxed, welcoming and friendly environment with Juno's support groups. There are day time support groups where the children are also welcomed along and there is play equipment provided. There are also night time groups available, which gives the chance to talk without the children around.